I'm currently fermenting my first all grain batch, and I'm really surprised by the size of the yeast cake in my fermenter. Along with the hops I left in after a hopstand, I'm quickly approaching 5 of the 11 litre batch size in sludge!
My question is what did I do wrong here - or is it just a fact of life with certain yeast strains? I boiled off a little more than I intended and therefore my og is a bit higher than intended as well, but I'm stuck making ~14L batches for the time being. Was hoping to get more than 6 litres of beer out of this batch however!
Notes:
Brewed on Saturday January 6th (5 days in primary)
OG: 1.074
Batch size was a little over 11L (took a gravity reading, currently sitting at 1.025 using a hydrometer
Yeast is foggy London ale by escarpment labs. I pitched one pouch, they don't list cell count that I can see but i definitely pitched more than was necessary for this batch size based on the 1 pouch per 5 gallon guideline.
Grainbill: 70% 2-row, 18% flaked oats, 7% flaked wheat, 5% lactose
Thank you all for your help!
My question is what did I do wrong here - or is it just a fact of life with certain yeast strains? I boiled off a little more than I intended and therefore my og is a bit higher than intended as well, but I'm stuck making ~14L batches for the time being. Was hoping to get more than 6 litres of beer out of this batch however!
Notes:
Brewed on Saturday January 6th (5 days in primary)
OG: 1.074
Batch size was a little over 11L (took a gravity reading, currently sitting at 1.025 using a hydrometer
Yeast is foggy London ale by escarpment labs. I pitched one pouch, they don't list cell count that I can see but i definitely pitched more than was necessary for this batch size based on the 1 pouch per 5 gallon guideline.
Grainbill: 70% 2-row, 18% flaked oats, 7% flaked wheat, 5% lactose
Thank you all for your help!
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